Their self-titled album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. In the Future was a finalist for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize and was also nominated for "Best Alternative Album" in the 2009 Juno Awards. The song "Stay Free" from In the Future was featured on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack.
In 2005 the band opened for Coldplay on their Twisted Logic Tour for three weeks, with their final opening in San Diego.
In September 2010 Black Mountain performed in an amphitheater located in the woods of Oisterwijk at the Incubate (festival) in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Leader Stephen McBean also heads another similarly named band, Pink Mountaintops, who are the more experimental side of McBean's musical abilities. Black Mountain is the front line band for Black Mountain Army, a collective of musicians, artists and friends in Vancouver. In an interview the band said "Black Mountain is just the five of us. The Black Mountain Army… which has kind of gotten blown out of proportion, it was kind of just a joke, because everybody thought we were this hippie collective, like we all lived in one house. But it’s basically just our friends at home in Vancouver, just our extended family of creative people that we know."
Several members of the band have, for as long as a decade, worked for organizations that meet the basic living requirements of the chronically poor, drug addicted and mentally ill in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighborhood, such as Insite. In an interview, the band said: "After work we all try not to think too hard about the effect it has on our lives. It keeps us grounded."
Wilderness Heart was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.
March 11, 2014 The Black Mountain song "Wucan" was featured on season 2 of the FOX drama "The Following" during the eighth episode entitled "Messenger".
The Black Mountain song "Druganaut" is featured in a June, 2014 Father's Day commercial for J.C. Penney.
Cemetery Breeding
Black Mountain Lyrics
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This city screams like heaven's gone haunted
And I am waiting for that girl who told me once
She would love me forever
Dancing 'round the tombstones
Cemetery thighs alive, young and breathing
And I just want you to know
You have the most perfect limbs that
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Now tell me you're mine
Hold me trembling through the aching night
Bodies lusting for one last wish
Fingers crawl, tender fury
Lay me on the cold ground
Come together
Fucking in the graveyard
To the void, take me, I'm waiting
Girl, I just want you to know
You're my everything
I will love you forever
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Now, tell me you're mine
Hold me, trembling through the aching night
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
For that first time, I thought I had died
For that first time, I thought I had died
The lyrics to "Cemetery Breeding" by Black Mountain describe a scene of desolation and despair, set in a haunted cityscape that feels as though it's been abandoned by God himself. The singer is waiting for a woman he loves, who promised to stay with him forever, but it seems as though he's been waiting for a very long time. Meanwhile, all around him, the flowers are dying in the window, and the cemetery is filled with young, breathing bodies that are writhing with desire.
The song is filled with images of death, decay, and longing, which the singer seems to be trying to escape from. At times, he seems to be contemplating suicide, or trying to understand why his friends have died. But ultimately, he is drawn back to the woman he loves, and is willing to lay himself bare for her, even if it means doing it in a cemetery.
The lyrics to "Cemetery Breeding" are dark, erotic, and often unsettling. They evoke a sense of the macabre and the uncanny, drawing the listener into a world that's both seductive and foreboding. The song is a powerful exploration of love, death, and desire, and one that's sure to leave a lasting impression on anyone who hears it.
Line by Line Meaning
Flowers dying in the window
The flowers are losing their life and vibrancy in the window
This city screams like heaven's gone haunted
The city is loudly and eerily abandoned, like it's haunted by ghosts
And I am waiting for that girl who told me once
She would love me forever
The singer is waiting for a girl who promised him eternal love
Dancing 'round the tombstones
Cemetery thighs alive, young and breathing
There is passion and energy amongst the graves of the dead
And I just want you to know
You have the most perfect limbs that
Have ever wrapped around me
The artist adores the way his lover's body fits so well with his own
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
The glance from the lover provoked intense thoughts of death by the singer
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Kissing his lover, the singer thinks about their lost friends
Now tell me you're mine
Hold me trembling through the aching night
The artist needs confirmation of his lover's commitment to him and wants to be embraced during his pain
Bodies lusting for one last wish
Fingers crawl, tender fury
Passion and desire are heightened in the face of imminent death
Lay me on the cold ground
Come together
Fucking in the graveyard
The lovers are expressing their love through sex on the grave of the dead
To the void, take me, I'm waiting
Girl, I just want you to know
You're my everything
I will love you forever
The singer is ready to die and his lover is the only thing that matters to him now
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
The lover's gaze still brings thoughts of death
For that first time, I thought I had died
The first encounter with the lover felt so intense that the singer felt as if he had passed away
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Stephen Gordon McBean, Jeremy Victor Schmidt, Amber Erica Webber, Joshua Mark Wells, Jonn Ollsin
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Ledze Airplane
Lyrics :
Flowers dying in the window
This city screams like heaven's gone haunted
And I am waiting for that girl who told me once
She would love me forever
Dancing 'round the tombstones
Cemetery thighs alive, young and breathing
And I just want you to know
You have the most perfect limbs that
Have ever wrapped around me
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Now tell me you're mine
Hold me trembling through the aching night
Bodies lusting for one last wish
Fingers crawl, tender fury
Lay me on the cold ground
Come together
F*cking in the graveyard
To the void, take me, I'm waiting
Girl, I just want you to know
You're my everything
I will love you forever
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Now tell me you're mine
Hold me trembling through the aching night
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
For that first time I thought I had died
For that first time I thought I had died
Joao Reis
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written. The music is beautiful but those lyrics are impeccable
masna mast
yea ... fuckin in the graveyard lol
Ledze Airplane
Lyrics :
Flowers dying in the window
This city screams like heaven's gone haunted
And I am waiting for that girl who told me once
She would love me forever
Dancing 'round the tombstones
Cemetery thighs alive, young and breathing
And I just want you to know
You have the most perfect limbs that
Have ever wrapped around me
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Now tell me you're mine
Hold me trembling through the aching night
Bodies lusting for one last wish
Fingers crawl, tender fury
Lay me on the cold ground
Come together
F*cking in the graveyard
To the void, take me, I'm waiting
Girl, I just want you to know
You're my everything
I will love you forever
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
I was dreaming of suicide
Oh, when your lips fell on mine
I was counting all our friends who've died
Now tell me you're mine
Hold me trembling through the aching night
Oh, when you looked in my eyes
For that first time I thought I had died
For that first time I thought I had died
gustavo hernandez rios
Diablos!! Que buena banda la de Stephen Mcbean. Una delicia esta rola, que hasta ganas de llorar me da.
I A
New fave romantic tune.
God this Black Mountain are so good.
Olivia Hoover
So many meanings. Great song. I'm gonna cry lol
Vojife
Such a diverse album! :)
marlborogorila
this song narrates my teenage goth romance with this girl called Erica. its been 17 years now and I still remember it fondly.
Rick C.R.
Just...A M A Z I N G...I saw them in a small venue in Toronto last July and they played this beauty.
Dale L
love this song but ill never listen to it with anyone around because I sob 2 much.